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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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